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J. H. GATES. COMBINED BELT AND GUN CASE.

No. 586,533. Patented July 13 1897.

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JULIAN H. GATES, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

COMBINED BELT AND GUN-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,533, dated July 13, 1897.

Application filed September 23, 1896. Serial No, 606,692. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JULIAN H. GATES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combination Belt and Gun-Case; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a combined pocket, belt, and gun-case, and its novelty will be readily seen from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the annexed drawings.

The prime object of the invention is to combine in one and the same device an article to carrya gun or rifle barrel and stock and the gun cartridges or shells.

A further object of the invention is to provide a folding belt which when unfolded will carry a gun barrel and stock with proper ammunition housed in the belt, the latter adapted when the barrel and stock are removed to be strapped around the gunners or sportsmans waist, so that the ammunition be in a position readily accessible.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a combined gun-case and belt to house a gun whether the barrel be separable from the stock or not.

Other objects and advantages resulting from the improved construction and arrangement of parts will be hereinafter more fully described in the specification to follow and set up in the appended claims.

The invention consists in a belt constructed and arranged with pockets and receptacles for the parts of a gun and adapted when such parts are removed from the belt that the latter may be worn with the cartridge-case in accessible position.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part 01": this application, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section with the belt in position to receive a gun stock and barrel, taken through the stock-compartment and through a clasped pocket at each end of the belt. Fig. 2 is a like view taken through the barrel-compartment and through a clasp-pocket contiguous with the barrel-pocket. Fig. 3 is a top edge perspective of the belt with the gussets folded in, the cartridge-case in place, and the belt in position as worn. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal section of a modification adapted for a gun in one piece and showing the belt with a single compartment for the whole gun. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the line a: 00, Fig. 1, showing the gussets folded, in dotted lines.

The same numeral references denote the same parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The gun-stock case or pocket 1 is formed by the outer side 2 of the belt and the intermediate or dividing strip 3, secured along its edges to the inner side a of the belt. The top one of these edges is provided with a long gusset 5, having a suitable ornamental cord 6, and the bottom edge has a short gusset 7 near the mouth 6 of the said stock case or compartment, and the latter terminates at a clasp-pocket 8 in one end of the belt, which pocket is accessible through the said top edge of the belt.

The gun-barrel pocket or compartment 9 is formed by the intermediate strip 3 and the inner side 4 of the belt, and said compartment extends from a clasp-pocket 10, forming the mouth of the barrel-compartment, opening through the top edge of the belt near the gun-stock mouth to the extreme end 11 of the belt.

A buckle 12 is secured near the end .12 of the belt and holds a strap 13, covered by a strip 14 and provided upon its free end with a snap-hook 15, which extends beyond the end 12 of the belt. This strap is adjustable on the buckle and through the strip 14: in order to shorten or lengthen the belt, and the hook engages a ring 16, slidably secured in a pocket 17 in the other end 11 of the belt, so that said ring, when the belt is used to carry a gun, may be pushed in the pocket out of sight, and the snap-hook is likewise housed by the strip 14. The gusset 5 is provided with a hand-strap 18 to carry the belt when the latter is used for a carrying-case.

A portion or piece 19 is secured to the end 12 of the belt and along the bottom edge of the belt to a point 20, where it is secured to the intermediate strip or partition, leaving a flap end 21 to cover the mouth of the gunstock case or compartment. This portion 19 covers the buckle and projecting strap end, and its top edge is free, forming a clasppocket 22. V

A cartridge-case 23, having buttonhole ends 24, is buttoned or otherwise secured upon the outside of the belt when worn, and when the belt is used for a gun-case the cartridge-case is placed in the gun-stock compartment or receptacle.

Referring to the modification shown in Fig. 4, the combined belt and gun-case is identical with that hereinbefore described, except there is but one single gun-compartment 25 to carry a gun Without separating its parts, and the flap 26 has an inner pocket 27.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to any special material in the manufacture of this article, nor to any particular size or number of pockets 0r compartments, as I reserve to myself the right to vary the same Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

. It is obvious that this article forms a perfect and complete carryall for the parts of a gun and the ammunition, and when the gun is removed and the gussets folded in and with the cartridge-case attached the article forms a belt of improved advantages and attractive appearance.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A new article of manufacture comprisin g a combined belt and go n-case having pockets opening at the top edge of the belt, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A combination gun-case and gunners belt, having gun-compartments extending lengthwise the belt, and a series of pockets at right angles to the said compartments, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A combined belt and gun-case, comprising the inner and outer portions, and gnssets upon the edges of said portions adapted to be folded between the latter when in belt form and unfolded to form with the said portions a gun-case, as set forth.

4. A combined belt and gun-case comprising inner and outer portions united together to form lengthwise compartments and transverse pockets, as set forth.

5. A combined gurrcase and gunners belt composed of inner and outer parts with a strip dividing said parts into compartments, and having a long and short gusset, a pocket contiguous to the gun-barrel compartment, a pocket at the terminal end of said barrel-compartment, and a pocket at the mouth of the gun-stock compartment, all of said pockets opening at the top edge of the belt, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

A. BURNHAM, DWIGHT W. KNOX. 

